Train Valley
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Europe” (Complete the first season): only 43% of starters get there.
- Only 59% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,501 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.5h for positive, 3.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (59% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Europe Complete the first season. Most players quit here 43% −57
- America Complete the second season. 27% −16
- Russia Complete the third season. 25% −2
- Japan Complete the fourth season. 19% −7
- Germany Complete the fifth season. 10% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Getting started Receive 5 stamps. 100%
- Close call! Get two trains pass very close to each other. 91%
- Builder Build 1000 track tiles. 63%
- Prick of conscience Fail 10 tasks. 57%
- Living it large Become a millionaire. 54%
- Need to think Press pause button 100 times. 51%
- Completely nuts! Complete 50% of any level at speed x4. 51%
- Collector Receive 15 stamps. 51%
- Europe Complete the first season. 43%
- Just in time! Transport 500 trains. 43%
- Madness! Complete 80% of any level at speed x2. 40%
- It's no coincidence Go bankrupt 10 times. 38%
- Non Stop! Complete any level on 2, 3 or 4 season without pausing the game. 33%
- Let's roll! Launch a rocket. 33%
- Ouroboros Make a train crash into itself. 32%
- Philatelist Receive 30 stamps. 31%
- Foreman Build 5000 track tiles. 28%
- America Complete the second season. 27%
- Missed it! Transport 50 trains to a wrong destination. 26%
- Russia Complete the third season. 25%
- BBQ Remove 50 animals. 25%
- Sabotage Blow up 100 trains. 22%
- Japan Complete the fourth season. 19%
- Woodcutter Remove 300 trees. 15%
- Engineer Build 10000 track tiles. 14%
- Achtung! Get bombed. 13%
- Tycoon Receive 60 stamps. 13%
- Forgotten. Complete a level with the first deployed train delivered the last. 12%
- Chuck Norris Blow up 10 trains and complete a level. 12%
- Germany Complete the fifth season. 9.7%
- Vandal Destroy a building worth 100k. 8.8%
- Lucky vandal Destroy a building worth 100k and complete a level. 8.0%
- Peacemaker Remove 10 tanks. 7.5%
- Supercrash! Have an accident with supertrain and complete a level. 7.5%
- Сhancellor Receive 75 stamps. 6.9%
- Salesman Make a train visit 8 different stations. 4.9%
- Maniac vandal Destroy buildings worth 300k and complete a level. 4.2%
- Juggler Complete a level with 10 simultaneously running trains. 4.1%
- Mega-railroad Complete a level with 300 track tiles. 3.9%